But it can also mean less access to healthy meals, as many school cafeterias lock up their doors.

To Michigan Department of Education has created an online resource to help steer these kids to other sources for free and reduced meals in their area.

View full sizeFILE | The Flint JournalMessages encouraging students to eat a healthy option for their lunches are posted around the cafeteria at Flushing Middle School.

The Summer Food Service Program Site Locator Map will allow parents, children and youth organizations to zoom in on their location and see where meals are available, according to a news release on the program.

"The free Summer Food Service meal sites are in most communities, we just need families to be aware and able to find them,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan in the news release. “This online tool is designed to provide greater information and access to nutritional meals for kids during the summer.”

According to the MDE, 144 million of the federally-funded free and reduced lunches were served to Michigan children during the school year but only 2.6 million meals were served last summer.